Proverbs 27:4

New English Translation

Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

Cross References

Genesis 26:14

He had so many sheep and cattle and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.

Genesis 37:11

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said.

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the child would not be considered his. So whenever he had sexual relations with his brother’s wife, he withdrew prematurely so as not to give his brother a descendant.

Job 5:2

For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one.

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.

Proverbs 6:34

for jealousy kindles a husband’s rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.

Song of Solomon 8:6

Set me like a cylinder seal over your heart, like a signet on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion is as unrelenting as Sheol. Its flames burst forth, it is a blazing flame.

Matthew 27:18

(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.)

Acts 17:5

But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.

Acts 5:17

Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

Acts 7:9

The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him,

Romans 1:29

They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips,

1 John 3:12

not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother’s were righteous.

1 Samuel 18:9

So Saul was keeping an eye on David from that day onward.